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"Today we are a very happy team", says captain Mozdzonek

Tampere, Finland, June 17, 2012 – Poland clinched a 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 25-22) win over Brazil on Sunday, earning a ticket to the FIVB Volleyball World League Finals in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Poland coach Andrea Anastasi: "We are now qualified to the Finals and it's most important for us that we go to Sofia. It's difficult to say what made the difference today. If we played another match, it could be different. At some moments we played well. Kurek is a good player and he can be one of the best in the world some day if he trains hard."

Poland captain Marcin Mozdzonek: "Today we are a very happy team. We now go to the Finals in Sofia after beating the number one team in the world. We started the match pretty well, but in the third set we had problems, which we solved again in the last set."

Brazil coach Bernardo Rezende: "It was a good match. We still have a chance to get to the Finals as the best second placed in the pools, but we don't think it now. We start to train for the Olympics. Poland's number six (Bartosz Kurek) played a great match, but the whole Polish team played well. Poland deserved to win."

Brazil captain Giba: "Today Poland was better. We had problems with our counter attacks. It is difficult to win when we cannot put the ball down to the court."

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